[12/12] Mid-Century Supper Club Holiday Potluck at Alameda Eagles, 6 PM to 11 PM [Tickets]
[12/13] Meshugga Beach Party at Forbidden Island, 4 PM to 6 PM
[12/19] DJ JELLO BIAFRA at Forbidden Island w/ DJ Sid Presley, 9 PM
Austin, Texas
[Until 12/24] Blue Genie Art Bazaar
[3/11-3/15/2016] SXSW Interactive
Berkeley, California
[12/12] East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest at Berkeley City College, 10 AM – 5 PM [Facebook]
Copenhagen, Denmark
[Until 1/24/2016] Yayoi Kusama
: In Infinity, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Germany
[Until 12/16] The World of Tim Burton at Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR
Lake Iseo, Italy [6/18 to 7/3/2016] Christo’s Floating Piers
Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150] HIGHLY recommended!
Lisbon, Portugal
[11/7/2016-11/10/2016] Web Summit 2016
London
[July 2016] EVA London 2016
[12/15] Bitter Tears Workshop, make bitters out of human tears at British Food Museum, [Tickets]
Los Angeles
Oakland
[12/10] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]
[12/10] BAD SANTA at the New Parkway, 9:30 PM [Tickets]
[12/12] Something For Everyone at Lost & Foundry Studios, 5 PM to 7 PM
[12/12-12/13] The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty
Palm Springs, California
[12/18] Charles Phoenix’s Retro Holiday Slide Show, 6:30 PM
[7/8-7/11/2016] Yes and Yes Yes (YxYY) at the Ace Hotel, a “summer retreat for anyone who considers themselves a thinker, maker, creator, nerd, or weirdo.”
Pasadena, California
[1/1/2016] 12th Annual Rose Parade
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[12/11] A John Waters Christmas: Holier and Dirtier at The Carnegie Music Hall [Tickets]
Portland, Oregon
[12/12] Crafty Wonderland at Oregon Convention Center, [Tickets]
[8/11-8/15/2016] World Domination Summit [Tickets]
[12/18] Puff, Pass & Paint debut, 7 PM to 9 PM
Provincetown, Massachusetts
[8/13-8/19/2016] Carnival 2016: Back to the 80’s
Riverside, California
[5/20-5/22/2016] Beyond Brookledge at the Galleria at the Mission Inn
San Diego
[12/18] Lightsaber Battle, 9 PM to 11 PM, Downtown San Diego [RSVP]
San Francisco
[Until 1/10/2016] Jewel City: Art from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition at de Young Museum
[until 12/31] Man Candy, an art show by Jason Mecier at Magnet, 8 PM to 10 PM
Man Candy, an art show by Jason Mecier at Magnet
[12/9] Fireside Storytelling: Mind. Blown., 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15
[12/9] THIS has sold out: LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 at Castro Theatre, 7:30 PM [Tickets]
[12/9] Advanced Style with Ari Seth Cohen at JCCSF
[12/9-12/11] Chronicle Books Warehouse Sale—80% off everything in store!
[12/10] The Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 10: A Benefit for the Internet Archive, 6:30 PM [Tickets]
[12/11] KrOB’S Film Farm presents…. STAR WARS WARS (all six films projected at once), Free
[12/11] Karaoke Underground in San Francisco! at Rickshaw Stop [Entire Tour]
[12/12] SantaCon, Noon at Union Square
[12/12] Home Movie Day — a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking –at Internet Archive, 3 PM to 8:45 PM
[12/13] Holiday Art Celebration, Sale, & Fundraiser (by artists Carolyn Matteson and Ellen Leanse)
[12/15 -12/16] X at The Independent
[12/15] Odd Salon: Oddments, DNA Lounge, 7 PM
[12/16] Going Deeper: Freedom, Liberation & Mindfulness with Michael Taft, 10 AM – 4 PM
[12/16] Doc Pop’s ORDER OF THE SNAIL Book Release Party & Signing at Mission Comics, 7 PM
[12/16] Nerd Nite SF #67: Video Preservation, Ants, and Brain Stimulation! at Rickshaw Stop, 8 PM [Tickets]
[12/16] Bawdy Storytelling: Unwrapped at Verdi Club, 8 PM (last one of the year!) [Tickets]
[12/18] Lightsaber Battle, 8 PM to 11 PM, Embarcadero [RSVP]
[12/19] SF Krampus Kavalcade
[12/20] Found Footage Festival meets Everything Is Terrible! show at Castro Theatre, 8 PM [Tickets]

[12/21] The Typewriter Revolution at Adobe Books
[12/29] Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker at The Independent. 7:30 PM (Word has it that CVB will play their classic record ‘Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart’ in its entirety) Thanks, Michael!
[12/31] PATTI SMITH & HER BAND perform Horses in its entirety this New Year’s Eve at The Fillmore! [Tickets]
[1/23] The Groundlings’ Children’s Show at JCCSF, 1 PM
[1/23] ESCAPE FROM AT&T PARK
[1/29, 1/30] Pancakes & Booze Art Show – FREE Pancakes at 111 Minna Gallery [Details]
[1/29] Dan Deacon at The Fillmore
[1/30] The Bay Lights return, with fireworks, at 7:25 PM
[2/11/16] Monica Lewinsky at JCCSF
[7/10/16] Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge at DNA Lounge [Tickets]
[7/23/16] The Murray Invitational. A Bill Murray Art Exhibition and Golf Party at Public Works
[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love
Santa Rosa, California
[12/12-12/13] The Emerald Cup at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds [Tickets]
Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”
[12/19] Puff, Pass & Paint debut, 7 PM to 9 PM
Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/20-3/23/2016] DENT
Spain
[7/4-7/10/16] Nowhere
HEY YOU
If YOU would like to co-curate an issue of Rusty’s Electric Dreams, I’d love to hear your idea! Please email me: rusty@blazenhoff.com.
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